Anna Silk Quotes

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

The roles do get fewer as you get older. That's the same for all professions, there's fewer roles for people later in life. I don't think it should be like that because as long as you are able to do your job then people should keep working with you. It shouldn't come down to age.

Maybe I have just a younger voice than many other directors.

I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.

There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.

I suppose because I do and can work in the theatre, I don't see work as closing down as an older woman.

In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally got him on the phone to ask him what was going on, he paused, then said: 'Well, Christine, you're 45.' I got rid of him.

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.

I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.

When you are old enough to... play powerful parts, who cares if you are 45, 55 or 65?

Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.

I want the young guys to say, 'How old is this guy that's blocking me every play?'

Every interview I've done since I've turned 40, the journalist will say, 'So, isn't it amazing? Your career should be over, but you're still working. Why do you think you have found a career at a time when a lot of women are slowing down?'

You better get as much work as you can now because, once you get over 40, it’s over.

I've never had to deal with ageism - so far - in my career; I have been able to navigate my career and getting older and the roles and opportunities that have come to me.

Most people I work with are older than me and the main thing I've learnt is that everyone is a dumb as an 18-year-old.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.

It's difficult for a young girl like me. Because there's a certain time for young actresses, which is like a really juicy period when all the parts are love interests and young heroines. Of course, there's always work for men whatever age they are.

When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.

I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age.

I didn't want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.